**I started writing this rant this morning but temporarily abandoned it to visit with the family and enjoy the accompanying laundry privileges ( Read more... )

It's been awhile since I got out a good rant and this week has really offered some good material so here I go.

For part of this afternoon, I did some background reading on Bill O'Reilly stalking and ambushing a blogger for Thinkprogress.org who wrote about his offensive comments regarding rape and murder victim Jennifer Moore. By the way, they ( Read more... )

Holy crap ( Read more... )

Wow--news that ISN'T political!

This was just too ridiculous to ignore. I can understand not wanting adolescents to grope each other but this is ridiculous.
School bans hugs lasting more than two seconds.Can it even be construed as affectionate if you have to count or use a stopwatch while touching someone ( Read more... )

THANK YOU, VIRGINIA!!!I forced myself not to post today begging people to get out and vote because I know how much it annoys a few of ya...but now I can say thanks to the people that did ( Read more... )

FUCK YEAH!!
Really, how could you not want this man to be the next president?

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I have to start this post by quoting a comment I made last year that in retrospect is rather embarrassing. I said, "While, from what I know, I like Barack Obama's policies, he's not my candidate of choice. I don't know that this country is ready to elect a black ( Read more... )

Caption to a photo of a local Martin Luther King Day parade...
"Candy Greene of Elizabeth City sings "My Nose is Very Cold..." to the tune of "We Shall Overcome" as she marches on N.C. Highway 343 during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Celebration in Camden..."

From the article itself...
"Lenora Spence didn't consider herself a civil rights ( Read more... )

I just found out the fate of the grandparents' house.
I've refused to even drive down that road ever since we signed the property over because I was terrified that I'd see it torn down and a housing development in progress.
Instead...my uncle sent me this today.

Currituck Selects Site for Museum

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Mychal Bell FINALLY Released
Of course it's not over yet, but at least he is now being tried as a juvenile...and only for assault, not attempted murder.

The bad? The inevitable white supremacist backlash.
What's being done to protect the families of the kids on trial?
Ahhh...increased local police presenceI'm going to save myself a lot of typing ( Read more... )

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